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Article: Authorities say use of date-rape drugs on the rise
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- February 21, 2008
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Willow Williamson
University Wire
02-21-2008
(Kansas State Collegian) (UWIRE) MANHATTAN, Kan. -- When Kate was 18 and a freshman at Kansas State University, she was drugged and raped in her hometown by a man she considered a friend. Now, more than a year and a half later, she is still struggling emotionally from the incident and her rapist has not been taken to justice.
Kate is not alone in her circumstance. Captain Tim Hegarty of the Riley County Police Department said in Riley County in 2007 there were 44 rapes or attempted rapes, but this number only represents those who reported the crime.
"It is fairly understood in the law community that rape is an under-reported crime," Hegarty said.
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